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by rlv-dan 8y ago
I'm not sure people know what reviews are anymore. I often see people giving 5 stars to a product they have not received yet, or a game they barely played.
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US regulator blocks sales of device that fools Tesla's Autopilot(engadget.com)
2 points by rlv-dan 8y ago|0 comments
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Liquid-air energy storage: The latest new “battery” on the UK grid(arstechnica.com)
2 points by rlv-dan 8y ago|0 comments
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
Define better. Does offline capability, ownership of data/applications, ability to modify your software and privacy concerns count, just as examples?
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
Google may be better than everyone else. The question is though, do you really need all that "betterness"? Because if you don't, there are actually plenty of alternatives to choose from. They may not be as good as Google, but
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My experience with off-shoring teams and what went wrong(return.co.de)
195 points by rlv-dan 9y ago|121 comments
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
> The UI was polished and dripping with personality. Later came Genecyst from the same developer, which dripped with blood. Literally :-)
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
The most unique feature of NESticle was probably the menu option "Pentium Crash". Clicking on it froze your computer. I know that first hand :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_F00F_bug The author of NE
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Multi-process, or: the drawbacks nobody ever talks about [Pale Moon Forum](forum.palemoon.org)
3 points by rlv-dan 9y ago|0 comments
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Apple to suspend iTunes Store support for “obsolete” first-gen Apple TV(arstechnica.com)
4 points by rlv-dan 9y ago|1 comments
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Behold, the 157 new emoji for 2018(arstechnica.com)
2 points by rlv-dan 9y ago|0 comments
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Infinite Scroll: The Web’s Slot Machine(medium.com)
1 points by rlv-dan 9y ago|0 comments
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
My experience is that DDG does this too. Very annoying.
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
> means websites will be more accessible overall, to even less common browsers Not to mention more accessible to people with disabilities. A forum like wc3 needs to make sure that new features works for everyone and all use cases. Call m
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Mozilla’s AMO Extensions store has a spam infestation problem(ghacks.net)
2 points by rlv-dan 9y ago|0 comments
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
Does not load in Palemoon :-(
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
This begs the question: Is it healthy that one of the most important technologies today (web) is also very complicated (=expensive) and thus effectively limiting number of players.
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
A problem is that systems today are too big and complicated for a single person to build and manage. What's the best way to collaborate without loosing the creativity needed to push forward making the system better?
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
What is the purpose of a search engine? To present answers, or to preset pages that mention a specific subject? It's hard give correct answers; sometimes there isn't one. I think it's better to point to pages (the classical s
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
Using DDG with Swedish settings, I think results are ok. Of course, I'm usually seeking english results except when searching for swedish words.
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YAGNI, Cargo Cult and Overengineering(codeahoy.com)
8 points by rlv-dan 9y ago|1 comments
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
Could it be that whenever coders today need some fairly trivial functionality, they tend to go out and find a library that contains it. So you end up with lots and lots of libraries where only a tiny bits of them are used. Just a hypothesis
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
People laugh when the see I'm using WinAmp 2.76. Why change if something is not broken?
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
A session I remember that might be of interest: Building reactive systems with AWS Lambda: https://vimeo.com/189519556
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
Does anyone know if there are any "consumer grade" image training kit out there? I'm thinking a software that you can train on your own images to put into categories.
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by rlv-dan 9y ago
This can swing both ways. If you deliberately build a professional social presence, blogging about coding, LinkedIn resume, and so on, then it's likely positive, but if you publish drunken photos and post rude twits then it probably wi
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Commodore 64 Programming on Windows(github.com)
2 points by rlv-dan 10y ago|0 comments
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by rlv-dan 10y ago
Ah, the memories. I especially remember the "Pentium Bug" menu option that I clicked out of curiosity. Nothing happened. Literary :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_F00F_bug
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by rlv-dan 10y ago
Everyone today keeps talking about apps and webapps. But there is still a small market for desktop applications. Probably mostly older computer persons who are used to this way of working.
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by rlv-dan 10y ago
Thanks :-)

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